THE BATTALION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1981
Page 7
Tanker, tug collide;
crude oil, grain lost
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — A Greek
tanker collided with a tug pushing
three grain barges Saturday, send
ing one of the barges to the bottom
of the Mississippi River and spill
ing more than 85,000 gallons of
crude oil.
The Coast Guard said there
were no injuries in the pre-dawn
collision between the 740-foot
tanker Aphrodite R and the tug
Karen Wayne.
A spokesman for the Jefferson
Parish water quality laboratory
said its scientists were monitoring
the spill closely but detected no
threat to the area’s drinking water.
Coast Guard spokesman James
Kosch said the barge went down in
90 feet of water and presented no
hazard to river navigation. Divers
were searching for the barge as the
first step to salvaging it, and Kosch
said the chance of an oil fire was
slim.
The Coast Guard said it had not
determined the cause of the acci
dent.
“Apparently there was a pilot on
board the tanker but he isn’t
saying a word,” Coast Guard Lt.
Bob Brooks said.
The collision occured about
seven miles downriver from the
Greater New Orleans Bridge.
Damage to the tanker had not
been determined, Brooks said,
and cleanup had been turned over
to a private contractor.
Coast Guard spokesman
Michael Marks said the tug was in
danger of following the barge to
the bottom immediately after the
collision but was saved by pump
ing operations.
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SMU students recorded
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Staff photo by Becky Swanson
lie owner of this car still had a sense of humor after the car
■ p involved in a fender bender. The car, seen recently at
a local shopping center, was patched with plastic adhesive
strips and painted with a message for other motorists.
Dfficials offer tuition,
•not air conditioning
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United Press International
DALLAS — What apparently
began as a harmless prank by
freshman Southern Methodist
University students has resulted
in 22 band members facing a disci
plinary hearing because a
videotape camera recorded the
entire thing.
SMU officials were not
laughing when they discovered it
would cost $2,500 to repair the
nicks and scratches on two out
door sculptures of nudes the stu
dents covered with plastic and
sheets.
“If you have a trained eye, you
can see it,” said Meadows
Museum director Irene Martin.
Martin said a videotape camera
perched on the museum roof and
trained on the sculpture garden
recorded the prank. The camera
was installed last year as a deter
rent to vandals.
Campus police apparently
identified several students from
the tape, saying they were wear
ing beanies similar to those of
freshman band members. School
officials say the students face a trial
before a student judiciary, and
punishment upon conviction
could range from a reprimand to
fines to suspension.
Band director Irving Dreibrodt
said he does not understand why
everyone is so upset.
“When they see three naked
women, they want to drape a
sheet over them,” Dreibrodt said.
“They didn’t mean any damage to
it. Kids get ideas, like anything
else.”
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lefense-retlROWNSVILLE — A south
lationalinstfs school board has offered to
pace eeoF'dfor private school tuition for a
named Iffid grader instead of providing
'aul Thaycjconditioning for the boy, who
newly cfilis confined to sitting inside a
d Nationalled, clear plastic cubicle.
Developifut Ana Espino, the handicap-
iboy’s mother, believes the
Ifor private schooling is a way
the Brownsville Independent
fool District to avoid complying
h an order by a federal judge.
“In the first place, I feel like
jy’re just trying to get rid of
said Mrs. Espino. “In the
|pd place, we want him in a
l/T F sc h 0 °l environment. ”
t Ufierson, Raul Espino Jr., 7, suf-
■ neurological damage from
auto accident which left his
ran, a Pe|| j n c a p a ble of controlling its
iati° n flferature. When outside tem-
d as Staij'jjtnres r i se p as t the mid-80s in
a bs|U.S.-Mexico border town,
img Espino must seek an air
| Mattos ®tioned environment,
other re None of Brownsville’s elemen-
toeaci ylchoolsareairconditioned, so
he svvaa i |fear Espino sought relief from
ip. Whilfijln the classroom inside a cus-
stiansWftuilt plastic cubicle, about
|e,et square, attached to a
air conditioner.
U.S. District Judge Filamon
Vela, ruling on a motion by the
boy’s parents, ordered the school
district last week not to separate
Espino from other children. He
ordered the school district to pro
vide air conditioning for the entire
school.
But during an emergency ses
sion Friday, the school board au
thorized its attorneys to pay for a
contract with a private school.
School officials said they would
pay the $1,270 annual cost and
provide related services for Espi
no, including a private nurse and a
physical therapist twice a week.
Despite Mrs. Espino’s initial
opposition, the Espino’s attorney,
Jerry Garcia, said he was not
“automatically against” the school
board’s proposal and would dis
cuss it with his clients.
“The judge did ask us to all
work something out,” he said.
School board officials have
been reluctant to air condition
Espino’s classroom. Parents of
other elementary school students
claimed it would be unfair for only
one classroom to be cooled in
Brownsville during the stifling
early summer months.
School board trustee Joe Rodri
guez said construction of a new
private school in Brownsville pro
vided the option of paying for
young Espino’s education.
“This option was not available
to us prior to the court order,” said
Rodriguez. “I felt like it was time
to move onto other things. We
have big problems with 2,000 new
students. We’ve spent a lot of time
on this one boy.”
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I 1 ;i BEAUMONT — The mother of
iat s e B ^-year-old boy electrocuted
d sen#
trying to retrieve his Fris-
ffom underneath a metal
ing has been awarded more
$1 million.
lie jury Friday awarded $1.09
m to Paula Reed, 32, of
mont for the July 29, 1979,
of her son, Vernon Lee
json. She had sought $1.5 mil
led said a live wire lying atop
netal building electrified it,
Ing the death of her son when
lied to get his Frisbee.
Although Gulf States Utilities
and Southwestern Bell Telephone
admitted liability in the boy’s
death, they said they would
appeal the amount of the jury
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Reed said her son was playing
Frisbee with a friend when the toy
went under the building. She said
the teen-ager was electrocuted
when his arm touched the struc
ture as he tried to retrieve the toy.
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aged telephone company utility
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